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The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is at Liberty Park this year, with 129 teams competing for the title of Grand Champion. The Memphis in May barbecue contest is back ...
The festival's other major happening, the Memphis in May Great American River Run is set for May 25, with various routes (5K, 10K and 13-miles "half marathon") coursing through Downtown and along ...
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Memphis in May International Festival is a month-long festival held in Memphis, Tennessee. The festival, which is saluting Ghana in 2022, honors a specific foreign country every year and features many events. The Beale Street Music Festival takes place the first weekend in May and showcases an eclectic lineup of national and local musical talent.
Melissa Cookston is an American chef and author. She is the chef/owner of two restaurants, the author of two cookbooks, and a seven-time world American barbecue champion. [1] In addition, Cookston has twice won top prize at the Memphis in May American Barbecue World Championship and is the only female American barbecue world champion.
Memphis -style barbecue is one of the four predominant regional styles of barbecue in the United States, the other three being Carolina, Kansas City, and Texas. Like many southern varieties of barbecue, Memphis-style barbecue is mostly made using pork, usually ribs and shoulders, though many restaurants will still serve beef and chicken.
Owners John Vergos, from left, Anna Vergos Blair and Tina Vergos Jennings hold plates of ribs inside The Rendezvous in Downtown Memphis on Sept. 26, 2023.
The Lexington Barbecue Festival was to become one of the nation's most popular food festivals. The first festival attracted 30,000 people, and the barbecue chefs cooked 3,000 pounds of barbecue to meet demand; by 1994, attendance had risen to over 100,000, and 11,000 pounds of meat were cooked. In 1995, the North Carolina Championship Pork Cook ...